Joint Statement from Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Groups on Chad Meredith
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA
NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA
NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
URGE: UNITE FOR REPRODUCTIVE & GENDER EQUITY
CATHOLICS FOR CHOICE
ALL* ABOVE ALL ACTION FUND
PHYSICIANS FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
MEDIA CONTACTS:
PPFA: 212-261-4433, media.office@ppfa.org
NARAL: media@prochoiceamerica.org
NWLC: Olympia Feil, ofeil@nwlc.org
NCJW: Jody Rabhan, jrabhan@ncjw.org
URGE: Kwentoria A. Williams, kwwilliams@urge.org
Catholics for Choice: John Becker, jbecker@catholicsforchoice.org
All* Above All Action Fund: media@allaboveall.org
Physicians for Reproductive Health: krhodes@prh.org
Today, Planned Parenthood Federation Of America, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Women’s Law Center, National Council Of Jewish Women, All* Above All Action Fund, URGE, Catholics for Choice, and Physicians for Reproductive Health released the following statement on Chad Meredith, whom some news outlets have reported could soon be nominated to a federal judgeship on the Eastern District of Kentucky:
“We are in a national abortion crisis. Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, states have already moved to ban and restrict abortion access – including Kentucky. We are in this moment because anti-abortion judges were intentionally nominated at every level to take away our fundamental right to abortion – and given his record, we know Chad Meredith would be no exception.
“Chad Meredith should not be nominated to a lifetime judgeship. This is unacceptable at any time, but especially on the heels of six Supreme Court justices taking away a fundamental right from millions of people.”
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